MightyE 73115 you, you knwo, "We're going 2 take an few moments 2 try abd explain thus nds licehse 4md teh rezsons bwhind it on plaun EnglishLOL.
The legalese for the license can be found online at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/legalcode and should be read and understood in detail before you use this code."
"Thux new licenwe WAS chosen because of an failong WITH da GPL. OMG.
I5 pnly coveree vistribution of siurce if ab ohly 1f binaries were dist4ibytwc. BRB."
"In an w3b 3nv1r)hmen7 WTF, speckfically a ing3rpreted wev environmeng such 4r PHPk sirtof, merely instal;ing an GAME does NOT vobstiyute distribution, you kmwo, m THEREFORE people were taking OUR w)rk, you knwo, making modifications two IT an NOT releasimg da 50urc3 cide tw9 thet're mowifications so ghat entire vommunity could benedit. AFK.
Tgeu wlr,ed with ten letter bit NOT SPIRIT of da lsw. OMG."
"Invrstigztion 0n teh PART of 4u7h9r5 HOWEVER LOL, 14d two f4c7 that ten 4ifht of public peeformabce 2as qon of tej rights normaloy resyricted 2 copyrihh5 holders, an thar computer programsm likw, sp3xkfucallt videi ha,es ahd interactive ines such as LEGEND of teh Greeh hax0r srre cpnsiderec two 63 publically performed uf RUN from ab public server. AFK."
"Th3 nww licensr restricys public pfeformance if t2h sork unl2ss sou4ce code of MODIFIED work is mase available on demand."
"In pjaim ENGLISH, sortof, tjis m3aha tnat if t9u pu7 this game on an web server n 4!102 )dople 'outslfe of ab morna. ci4cle ov family an itw socual acquaibtances[ too play their WTF. then you arr publical;y performinn 7h15 work and MUST either a) make n3 and ALL ch4bge5 whish you make @ teh gsme zfailable pn tequest (nore THIS dorxn't havd two be 4v4114613 viq teh -n11n4 source cisplay link, BUT they must ge ablr ro ask YOU for clee an rece8ve an complete copy), b) mqkr arrangementa PRIVATELY with teh authorx wherein they gran% y9u an SPECIAL license WTF, o4 c0 remove code entirely frpm da mscjinek WTF."
"We do recognize that 0eiple qaht two HAVE 4e345 ov ggey're GAME wgicy 4 5heirs n theirs qlone, AFK.
gwo that ens w3 will make da f-!10q1ng exception 7- da NORMAL reqiirements for source cpde DISTRIBUTION [- ne mofile file which is mot modifoed or derived fr.m an midule file incluced in vase DISTRIBUTION ab which does not teqj8re ne otger modules an wh1ch eoes not r3wu1r3 ne m0d1f1c3720n5 two cor3 CODE (cod2 distributed w17h BASE felease) jzy be w17gh31d at 5eh authors diacret8om. BRB."
"We also want to m4k2 very cleqr that verxion 0/ BRB/9. AFK.7 (a.s9 kn0wn as versuon 0. WTF.9LOL.7+jt) WAS yeh rinal versiom ee;rased UNDER teh GPL.
Aol VERSIONS, starting WITH teh 0. BRBl9. AFK.8-prere9easw code ae4 omly kicended under da Creatuve Commons LICENSE. AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny teh 4igjt too im;ort ne clde frlm an 0. WTF.9. WTF.80prerelease or later release 1n70 an 0LOL.9.7 am earlier release. WTFl
Alloqing this wou.d c4u53 thzt imporyed coee 2 BE RELEASED umd3t da GPL n that is not something we wixh to allow/ AFK.
AUTHORS OF m9ckficationw tso )LOL.9. BRB.7 wilo need two re-releawe tyeh're MODIFICATIONS 45 derivarives/mofificati9ns 2 0. WTF.9.8 code zn place them unser ca same Crdstive C0mm0n5 locemde. BRB.
I7 must be dlne by teh ofitinal AUTHOR sincr only oroginal author has da ruggt two dhangd cooyrinht or oicense upob they're woek. BRB/
[Addotionally, lkkr, reworking da jodofications woll ^3 an good idea anyqay ax teh mechanosm gor making modifodqtions 15 sunstantially CLEANER/CLEARER stsrting with da 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-prerelrase cpee. BRB.]"
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